NRA

By: stephanie

This week, President Obama invited the National Rifle Association to the White House to have a discussion with gun control advocates about our national background check system and the gun show loophole. Not surprisingly, they refused the invitation. Maybe the Obama Administration is just going to have to make some decisions without them. Too bad.

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Taking Cues from the NRA

By: stephanie

Robert Walker, former president of The Brady Campaign, wrote an article in today's Grist, the popular environmental magazine, about what climate change activists could learn from the NRA.

Although his advice wasn't aimed at helping anti–gun violence advocates, his knowledge-base and area of expertise come directly from the years he spent leading the anti–gun violence...

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NRA Oversteps Its Bounds

By: stephanie

When people start learning about gun violence in our country, they're often baffled that such a privileged, advanced nation would allow guns to infect our communities to the extent that they do, with barely any restriction. How has one institution gained so much power that they defeat a public majority who is in favor of stricter gun laws?

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